This episode is a weak ending to Season 5. In this episode, Laura and Albert's friend discovers he has leukemia and wants to see the ocean before he dies. Because he knows his mother wouldn't approve, he leaves without telling her. Albert doesn't want him going all that distance by himself so he decides to sneak out without his parents knowing. Laura follows behind him. They leave a note in Carrie's birthday present letting Charles and Caroline know where they went.
They sneak on a train and travel a ways until a mean and abusive train bouncer chases them off the train. It's at this point Charles catches up with them threatening to whoop them all. Instead, he agrees to help them sneak back on the box car. Out of character for Charles? YES! Later, Albert sneaks out and steals food from the conductor. Charles yells at him when he finds out.
They get to the ocean by hitching a ride with William Harrison, the newspaper reporter who decides to do a story on them. This pays their way home.
Though the story has a heart-warming quality to it, it was a bit far- fetched for my taste...
They sneak on a train and travel a ways until a mean and abusive train bouncer chases them off the train. It's at this point Charles catches up with them threatening to whoop them all. Instead, he agrees to help them sneak back on the box car. Out of character for Charles? YES! Later, Albert sneaks out and steals food from the conductor. Charles yells at him when he finds out.
They get to the ocean by hitching a ride with William Harrison, the newspaper reporter who decides to do a story on them. This pays their way home.
Though the story has a heart-warming quality to it, it was a bit far- fetched for my taste...